Matthew pinsent biography

Matthew pinsent accident

During his rowing career, he won 10 world championship gold medals and four consecutive Olympic gold medals. Since retiring, he has worked as a sports broadcaster for the BBC. Pinsent was born on 10 October in Holt , Norfolk. Ewen Macpherson Pinsent — , [ 2 ] curate of St Andrew 's parish church, Kelso, Scottish Borders , and his mother, Jean Grizel, came from a distinguished military family.

Through his own aristocratic and military family, [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Pinsent is directly descended from King Edward I and William the Conqueror. He began his international career at the World Rowing Junior Championships in He raced again in , winning the junior coxless pairs with Tim Foster. While a student, he competed in three Boat Races , winning in and but was unsuccessful in when he was Boat Club President , having taken a year out in in order to concentrate on preparing for the Barcelona Olympics.

In , while still at Oxford, he joined Steve Redgrave in the coxless pair at the World Rowing Championships , winning bronze. This was the beginning of a long partnership, and the pair won at the World Championships in , and at the Olympic Games in and He also carried the flag for Team GB at the opening ceremony.